#CAAA79#CAAA79

#CAAA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.075 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA79
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 4.92, 29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 30.01, 80.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0158 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.075 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1842, 42.6884, 24.1031)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA79 #7999CA

analogous

#CA8179 #CAAA79 #C2CA79

triadic

#CAAA79 #79CAAA #AA79CA

tetradic

#CAAA79 #79CA81 #7999CA #CA79C2

square

#CAAA79 #79CA81 #7999CA #CA79C2

split-complementary

#CAAA79 #79C2CA #8179CA

monochromatic

#906D39 #B98E4D #CAAA79 #DBC6A5 #EDE2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CAAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA79

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA79	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.075 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc3a0',
    500: '#caaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa79;
$custom-light: #dbc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.296,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA79

secondary

#C1CCDE

accent

#65B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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